This position seems to have existed in many dynasties.
Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty... and other minor dynasties.
All in all, she is a lower-middle-class concubine who is not high, but at least she is not at the bottom.
Being helped up by the palace maid in green dress, Wen Xiaotu felt weak all over, and half of his body was leaning on the little palace maid.
"Didn't the talented man speak out to get some fresh air? Why did he fall into the water?" The palace maid's face was full of surprise.
Wen Xiaotu said vaguely: "It was dark, I accidentally slipped..."
After she was stabbed by a knife, she vaguely heard a voice. The original owner of this body should have committed suicide by throwing herself into the lake. However, in many dynasties, concubines who committed suicide seemed to harm their families. And the original owner who died, when he was seeking death, felt in his heart
What I miss most are my parents and brothers, so I want to "slip and drown".
I don't know why this talented person was so troubled. Was it because she was bullied by other concubines or because she was ignored... In any case, she saved her life because of it.
The little palace maid was silent for a while, and seemed to understand something. She quickly helped stabilize her daughter, "Cai Ren, never go out alone again."
Huh? Listening to this tone, it is obvious that "she" did not fall into the water accidentally...
Wen Xiaotu looked at his nose and heart, and only said, "I understand."
The little palace maid held up the lantern while walking through a small bamboo forest and arrived at a small and exquisite courtyard.
A young man dressed as a eunuch poked out of the red-painted door, "What's going on, Mr. Talent?"
Wen Xiaotu didn't say anything, and the little palace maid who was supporting her already answered: "My little master accidentally fell into the Taihan Pond."
The eunuch's eyes were quite suspicious, but he didn't say anything and quickly closed the courtyard door.
Under the hazy moonlight, Wen Xiaotu vaguely saw the plaque "Yanqing Hall" hanging outside the main hall of the palace.
A little palace lady in the hall came up to her and asked, "Sister Hongguo, why is Cai Ren so wet all over?"
Hongguo?? Wen Xiaotu couldn't stop complaining: What the hell is this name?
The little palace maid Hongguo who was supporting Wen Xiaotu said quickly: "My mistress made a mistake and fell into the Taihan Pond. Bilian, hurry up and go to the north dining room and make a bowl of ginger soup."
The corner of Wen Xiaotu's mouth twitched. The red fruit was shocking enough. Is this Bilian or something like this a grudge?
In fact, on the contrary, the two maids with the most favored eyes were Red Fruit and Bilian. They were originally named Xiaohong and Bi'er. They were specially given the names of Red Fruit and Bilian by the original owner and were promoted to be personal maids.
Wen Xiaotu was helped into the hall by Hong Guo, who was very nimble with her hands and feet. He first took a dry towel and wrapped her wet hair, then found clean underwear and helped her put it on.
When Bilian came in with ginger soup, Wen Xiaotu was already in bed, and Hongguo had just put on a third towel to help her wipe her hair.
There was no hair dryer in ancient times, so you could only wipe it with a dry towel over and over again.
Seeing Bilian come in, Hongguo quickly changed into a dry towel to help Wen Xiaotu gather up and wrap up her sixty-seven-minute-dry long hair again.
"Tairen, please drink it while it's hot." Bilian hurriedly handed over the hot ginger soup, "It's cold in spring, and the water in Taihan Pond must be very cold. It would be bad if you catch a cold."
Wen Xiaotu just silently took the ginger soup, blew the hot air and drank it in small sips.
Bi Lian looked apologetic, "It's all my fault. I knew that the young master was feeling uncomfortable, so I should have followed him closely."
Are you in a bad mood? Well, indeed, you can't even think of committing suicide.
Wen Xiaotu wanted to make some insinuations to find out why she was seeking death, but she was really tired today. Not only was she physically tired, she was also mentally weak, as if she had stayed up for three days and three nights without sleeping.
Hong Guo naturally noticed that Cai Ren was depressed, so she whispered: "If Cai Ren is tired, just go to bed first, and the slave girl will help you dry your hair."
The candlelight in the hall was dim, Wen Xiaotu languished in the warm and soft quilt, and fell into sleep in an instant.
This night, she slept for an extremely long time.
In her dream, she saw a girl's short seventeen-year life.
Her memory started when she was about three or four years old. She was born into a noble family. Her grandfather Wen Zhe was a second-class viscount. Her parents were loving. She had a pair of twin brothers. She seemed to have had a twin sister, but she fell ill and died before she could remember.
Already.
Because he was afraid that she would also die young, her father Wen Qi named her Rutu, and the family called her Atu since she was a child.
Warm.
Atu.
This child has the same nickname as her.
When she was five years old, she gave birth to a pair of twin brothers - by the way, this mother is simply a professional twin pregnant woman!
In short, her childhood years were extremely happy for Wen Rutu. She had the love of her father and mother, the care of her eldest and second brothers, and a pair of lively and lovely younger brothers...
Later, his grandfather Wen Zhe passed away, his eldest uncle Wen Li attacked the second baron, and Wen Qi moved out of the ancestral home with his wife and children, but life continued as usual.
When Wen Rutu was fifteen years old, her parents had finished the marriages of their first two sons and began to look for her future husband in private. However, she did not expect that a series of funerals would happen later, and the eldest cousin fell ill at a young age.
After the death, the eldest wife, Mrs. Lu, couldn't bear the pain of losing her son, so she also passed away. Within half a year, the old lady of the Wen family also passed away.
So Wen Rutu had not yet decided to get married when she was seventeen years old.
It was also due to fate that at the beginning of spring this year, the Queen Mother issued an edict to summon the young ladies in the capital who were still waiting to be married into the palace to accompany her to enjoy the flowers. It was called flower appreciation, but in fact it was a disguised talent show.
Although Wen Rutu has a beautiful appearance, she is not considered a national beauty. In front of countless top ladies and stunning beauties, she has no confidence at all, and she never expected to be selected.
Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother was very satisfied with Wen Rutu's mother.
Mrs. Xu gave birth to six children in three births, which is indeed a strange news in Beijing. Twins may not be so rare, but giving birth to three sets of twins in a row is extremely rare!
So Wen Rutu was left in the palace by the Queen Mother, and was named a talented person, and was assigned to live alone in Yanqing Hall.
Yanqing, katydid Yanqing.
The original owner Wen Rutu is not a hypocritical woman. Being selected as a concubine is a great honor for her. Moreover, she has obviously won the favor of her real mother-in-law, the Queen Mother. Even if she is not favored in the future, she will serve the Queen Mother well.
There is always a place in the harem.
I have to say that this kid is still too innocent.
The Queen Mother's special favor was precisely what others were most jealous of.
Wen Rutu was not completely defenseless. In the Wen family, she had not seen the fight between wives and concubines. Her father also had concubines, but they were all under her mother's strong fertility and careful management.
The two aunts have never had any sense of existence, but the eldest uncle has always had many doting concubines in his room...
However, being a wife is different from being a concubine, not to mention that Wen Rutu's status is not high and she is only a fifth-grade talent, so the original owner has been cautious. Among the eight newcomers, regardless of their status, she is always polite.
Don't want to offend anyone.
After leaving the comfortable Wen family and arriving in the palace, everything was different.
Being cautious and flattering every day is ultimately stressful and tiring for a seventeen-year-old girl.
Fortunately, she still has a relative in this palace.
It was Fang Wanyi who was also selected by the Queen Mother.
This Fang Wanyi is the daughter of Fang Qingru, the governor of Jiangnan Province. Fang Qingru was a lecturer in the East Palace in his early years and could be regarded as the emperor's teacher. Fang is beautiful in appearance and has outstanding talents and learning. She is the best among many newcomers. Regardless of family background or family status
, appearance, talent, are all above Wen Rutu, so her status is also the highest among the newcomers, the third-rank Jieyu.
Coincidentally, Fang Wanyi's mother is also named Xu, and she and Wen Rutu's mother, Mrs. Xu, are cousins with the same grandfather.
In other words, Fang Wanyi is Wen Rutu's cousin.
Among the unfamiliar faces, there is a cousin who is related to her by blood. To the original owner Wen Rutu, this is simply a relative who has descended from heaven.
The release time is tentatively scheduled at 7pm every evening.